1 Word Analogy Practice

1. ______ : trail :: grain : grail
a. train
b. path
c. wheat
d. holy
2. particular : fussy ::
______ : subservient
a. meek
b. above
c. cranky
d. uptight
3. ______ : horse ::
board : train
a. stable
b. shoe
c. ride
d. mount
4. tureen : ______ ::
goblet : wine
a. napkin
b. soup
c. spoon
d. pilsner
5. 4 : 6 :: ______ : 16
a. 2
b. 14
c. 8
d. 10
6. son : nuclear ::
______ : extended
a. father
b. mother
c. cousin
d. daughters
7. coif : hair :: ______ : musical
a. shower
b. close
c. praise
d. score
8. feta : Greek ::
provolone : ______
a. salad
b. Swiss
c. blue
d. Italian
9. moccasin : snake ::
______ : shoe
a. alligator
b. waders
c. asp
d. loafer
10. ______ : zenith ::
fear : composure
a. apex
b. heaven
c. heights
d. nadir
11. pill : bore :: core : ______
a. center
b. mug
c. bar
d. placebo
12. pilfer : steal :: ______ : equip
a. return
b. damage
c. exercise
d. furnish
13. native : aboriginal ::
naïve : ______
a. learned
b. arid
c. unsophisticated
d. tribe
14. junket : ______ :: junk : trash
a. trounce
b. trip
c. refuse
d. trinket
15. ______ : festive ::
funeral : somber
a. tension
b. soiree
c. eulogy
d. sari
16. fetish : fixation ::
slight : ______
a. flirt
b. sloth
c. insult
d. confuse
17. hovel : dirty :: hub : ______
a. unseen
b. prideful
c. busy
d. shovel
18. bog : ______ ::
slumber : sleep
a. dream
b. foray
c. marsh
d. night
19. ______ : segue ::
throng : mass
a. subway
b. church
c. transition
d. line
20. ragtime : United States ::
raga : ______
a. cloth
b. country
c. piano
d. India
21. miserly : cheap ::
homogeneous : ______
a. extravagant
b. unkind
c. alike
d. friendly
22. skew : gloomy ::
slant : ______
a. glee
b. foible
c. desperate
d. gloaming
23. eider : ______ :: cedar : tree
a. snow
b. plant
c. duck
d. pine
24. gerrymander : divide ::
filibuster : ______
a. bend
b. punish
c. delay
d. rush
25. vapid : ______ :: rapid : swift
a. inspired
b. turgid
c. wet
d. insipid
26. denim : cotton ::
______ : flax
a. sheep
b. uniform
c. sweater
d. linen
27. obscene : coarse ::
obtuse : ______
a. subject
b. obstinate
c. obscure
d. stupid
28. diamond : baseball ::
court : ______
a. poker
b. jury
c. grass
d. squash
29. quixotic : pragmatic ::
murky : ______
a. rapid
b. cloudy
c. clear
d. friendly
30. smear : libel :: heed : ______
a. represent
b. doubt
c. consider
d. need
31. nymph : ______ ::
seraphim : angel
a. maiden
b. sinner
c. candle
d. priest
32. poetry : rhyme ::
philosophy : ______
a. imagery
b. music
c. bi-law
d. theory
33. jibe : praise ::
______ : enlighten
a. jib
b. delude
c. worship
d. wed
34. marshal : prisoner ::
principal : ______
a. teacher
b. president
c. doctrine
d. student
35. fecund : infertile ::
______ : fleet
a. rapid
b. slow
c. fertilizer
d. damp
Answers
1. a. Train becomes trail when the “n” is replaced by an “l,” and
grain becomes grail when the “n” is replaced by an “l.”
2. a. Particular is a synonym for fussy, and meek is a synonym for
subservient.
3. d. To mount means to get on a horse, and to board means to get
on a train.
4. b. A tureen is used to hold soup, and a goblet is used to hold wine.
5. b. 4 plus 2 is 6, and 14 plus 2 is 16.
6. c. A son is part of a nuclear family, and a cousin is part of an
extended family.
7. d. To coif means to arrange hair, and to score means to arrange a
musical.
8. d. Feta is a Greek cheese, and provolone is an Italian cheese.
9. d. A moccasin is a type of snake, and a loafer is a type of shoe.
10. d. Nadir is the opposite of zenith, and fear is the opposite of
composure.
11. a. A pill is another word for a bore, and a core is another word for
a center.
12. d. To pilfer means to steal, and to furnish means to equip.
13. c. Native is a synonym for aboriginal, and naïve is a synonym for
unsophisticated.
14. b. A junket is a synonym for a trip, and junk is a synonym for
trash.
15. b. A soiree is described as festive, and a funeral is described as
somber.
16. c. A fetish is a synonym for a fixation, and a slight is a synonym for
an insult.
17. c. A hovel is described as dirty, and a hub is described as busy.
18. c. A bog is a synonym for a marsh, and slumber is a synonym for
sleep.
19. c. A transition is a synonym for a segue, and a throng is a
synonym for a mass.
20. d. Ragtime is a type of music from the United States, and raga is a
type of music from India.
21. c. Miserly is another word for cheap, and homogeneous is another
word for alike.
22. c. To skew is a synonym of to slant, and to be gloomy is a
synonym for desperate.
23. c. An eider is a type of duck, and a cedar is a type of tree.
24. c. To gerrymander is a political term meaning to divide land, and
to filibuster is to delay legislature.
25. d. Vapid is another word for insipid, and rapid is another word for
swift.
26. d. Denim is a fabric made from cotton, and linen is a fabric made
from flax.
27. d. Obscene is a synonym for coarse, and obtuse is a synonym for
stupid.
28. d. Baseball is played on a diamond, and squash is played on a
court.
29. c. Quixotic is an antonym for pragmatic, and murky is an antonym
for clear.
30. c. To smear is a synonym of to libel, and to heed is a synonym of
to consider.
31. a. A nymph is a maiden, and a seraphim is an angel.
32. d. Poetry is often comprised of rhyme; philosophy is often built on
theory.
33. b. To jibe is an antonym of to praise, and to delude is an antonym
of to enlighten.
34. d. A marshal is a person in charge of a prisoner, and a principal is a
person in charge of a student.
35. b. Fecund is an antonym for infertile, and slow is an antonym for
fleet.